This
unfired Hotchkiss projectile is of a 1864-1865 production. The flat nose is
fitted with a standard brass Hotchkiss time fuze plug. The body of the shell
has three flame grooves which aided the propellant flame in reaching the paper
time fuze. Slightly rounded base cup. Specimens have been recovered in
Nashville, Tennessee, and at Spanish Fort, Alabama. Inspector mark,
"JHS". Lead band sabot is not fired. Wright pattern 15 second time
fuze is intact.